HELP ! HELP ! New Build First Boot 'DISK BOOT FAILURE'

[MickOR]

first build, first bot up and i get the gigabyte screen and then the message ' loading operating system.... DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER' i have windows 7 in the cd rom drive and have set it to boot cdrom first. Help, what am i doing wrong..... the other drive is a wd caviar black , both are plugged into sata 6 ports

 

[stulid]

Have you plugged power into both drives too?

Double check the SATA cables are fully in at both ends.

 

[MickOR]

Power plugged in on both drives and sata cables connected, cd rom drive working away, hard to tell if the hdd is working

 

[stulid]

try different SATA ports, then if that works, check the BIOS for RAID settings that maybe screwing with the SATA 6 ports.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Are all the SATA ports on the mobo linked to the same controller?

Only reason I ask is I've had the problem before where for one reason the Install DVD doesn't like booting when connected to one of the controllers on the mobo

 

[MickOR]

have tried plugging them into the other sata points, still get the same error message on the screen, what should the raid settings be?, im a bit lost ! first build. not sure if the sata ports are on the same controller,im usung a gigabyte p67 ud4 sata 6 connection

 

[MickOR]

oh wait... have plugged in external cd rom drive... put windows disk in and seem to be booting.....

 

[DIABLO]

you obvilously set the boot sequence wrong or the internal is not working for whatever reason.

 

[Brian8bit]

you obvilously set the boot sequence wrong or the internal is not working for whatever reason.

Immediately what I thought when I saw the thread title. Need to set the boot sequence in order in the BIOS.

 

[MickOR]

Win 7 installed, the internal drive tray wont stay open, it ejects and goes back in straight away and it's not showing up on ' my computer' either... what could it be?